Save the date—BGHB Awards and Horn Book at Simmons

The office is starting to buzz about the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards taking place Friday, September 30, and the Horn Book at Simmons Colloquium, happening Saturday, October 1. On Friday night, BGHB judges Jennifer Brabander, Robin Brenner, and Dean Schneider will present the awards to this year’s winners and honorees:

NonfictionWinner:The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve SheinkinHonor book:Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air by Stewart Ross, illustrated by Stephen BiestyHonor book: Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Vicky White

Join us the next day for the Horn Book at Simmons colloquium, led by Horn Book editor in chief Roger Sutton and Cathie Mercier, director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Children’s Literature. Entitled “Engaging Worlds, Real and Imagined,” the colloquium will feature all three of this year’s winners (and many more speakers) in presentations, panels, and workshops. Registration for the colloquium includes an invite to Friday’s awards ceremony. Sign up here!

About Katie Bircher

Katie Bircher, associate editor at The Horn Book, Inc., is a former bookseller and holds an MA in children's literature from Simmons College. Follow Katie on Twitter @lyraelle.

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